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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI's Violent Crime Task Force arrests 4 men for vandalism of Andrew Jackson statue
Dont be distracted by this (but do care about it - violent crime task force?). Keep your eye on the treason. Hes trying to deflect.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/fbis-violent-crime-task-force-arrests-4-men-for-vandalism-of-andrew-jackson-statue/
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The complaint, unsealed today, alleges that on June 22, 2020, the four men along with other unidentified individuals, damaged and attempted to tear down the statue depicting Andrew Jackson located in Lafayette Square, the Department of Justice said.
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FBI's Violent Crime Task Force arrests 4 men for vandalism of Andrew Jackson statue (Original Post)
soothsayer
Jun 2020
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Karadeniz
(22,506 posts)1. Couldn't happen to a more deserving statue.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)2. I searched the Graham Lloyd name...
and ended up on a 4-channel site. Don't know what that means, but yuck.
https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/265215200
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)3. Oof, that's a .. well you saw what it is
stillcool
(32,626 posts)4. My first time...
Hope I didn't catch anything and bring it home.
UTUSN
(70,683 posts)5. Sincere question: If burning the flag is free speech, why not this?
EX500rider
(10,839 posts)6. Because you can burn your own flag but not someone else's? nt
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)7. Seems this is a property crime?
Why use the 'violent crime task force'?